[mkgmap-dev] Altitude Units for Contours

Thu Nov 15 18:55:18 GMT 2012

Am 15.11.2012 14:43, schrieb Roger Calvert:
> Please can someone advise:
>
> I have an OSM file which contains contours with elevations in metres.
> Mapsource seems to interpret these as feet, and then, because I have its
> altitude setting in metres, converts them. So they all come out low by a
> factor of 3.3.
>
> Is there a way of adjusting for this in the style file?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Roger
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> Roger Calvert
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Hi Roger

I had a similar problem with peaks. I've edited/added the following 
lines in the points file.

natural=peak & ele=* {name '${name|def:} (${ele|def:})' | '${name}' } 
[0x6616 resolution 20]
natural=peak & ele!=* {name '${name|def:}' } [0x6616 resolution 20]

Hope this helps.

Thomas